Application of the Doylestown algorithm for the early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma.

BACKGROUND:We previously developed a logistic regression algorithm that uses AFP, age, gender, ALK and ALT levels to improve the detection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In 3,158 patients from 5 independent sites, this algorithm, referred to as the "Doylestown" algorithm, increased the...

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Main Authors: Anand S Mehta, Daryl T-Y Lau, Mengjun Wang, Aysha Aslam, Bilal Nasir, Asad Javaid, Mugilan Poongkunran, Timothy M Block
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6118370?pdf=render